by Dave Patterson | May 3, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, International, Opinion
Is it possible that China could mediate an end to the hostilities between Russia and Ukraine? Emboldened by its diplomatic success in mending relations between Iran and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Beijing is dispatching a peace envoy to war-torn Ukraine. Chinese...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 25, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
As is often the case with noble purposes, the results do not meet expectations. What China might do two decades later was not part of the calculus in the US and its allies taking down the Iraqi army and freeing the Iraqi people. The US invasion and liberation of Iraq...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 23, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
In the quid pro quo world of geopolitics, Russia is sharing its large inventory of weapons-grade plutonium with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), helping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to increase the number of its nuclear weapons launchers and warheads....
by Dave Patterson | Dec 1, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
At Congress’ direction each year, the Department of Defense (DOD) issues a report assessing China’s military capability. This year, the Pentagon report, in keeping with the Biden administration’s buzz words “decisive decade,” looks at...
by Dave Patterson | Oct 21, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
While the US military faces recruiting woes, Beijing is doing just fine in contacting and employing former UK Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots. Recently released documents reveal former British helicopter and fighter pilots have taken employment teaching air-to-air and...